Hello,
A huge Modern U fan here as well -- as authenticity is my main criterium, for wanting an acoustic instrument to learn and study on but not being able to actually have one, Modern U has made me utterly happy. It was @David B who put me on its track.
Here are my favorite settings:
- Mic 1: KM184, 0dB
- Mic 2: PM40, 0dB
- Mic 3: MA200, 0dB (or a little less, to taste)
- Release volume 0dB
- Key noise +6dB
- Silent strike +6dB
- Sympathetic resonance 0dB
- Sympathetic polyphony 40
- Pedal resonance 0dB
- Pedal noise -3dB
- True pedal action On
- Repedal On
- Repetition strikes On
- Stereo width 0%
- Tone 0.0
- Timbre shift 0
- Pedal CCs As required
- Polyphony Def
- Half pedal On, min/max as required
- Soft/Sordino/Muted strikes as required
- Reverb Off (Alt: Wood Room dry 100 wet 10)
- EQ Off
- Midi response Bend -0.21
- Gain response Bend +0.21, Minimum gain 0.00
- Tuning preset Equal temperament with defaults only
- No UVI Workstation effects
- Set the volume in the UVI Multi\Mixer tab as required but no higher than -6dB to prevent clipping distortion.
Inspired by the microphone pairs used in sampling Modern U, I play Modern U through two instances in the UVI player. One goes through my 'upper' amplifier to two speakers L/R on stands at ear level; the other goes to my 'lower' amplifier to four speakers L+L/R+R below the piano. Together, all of this sort-of resembles the sound production of an upright piano.
The upper instance plays mainly the mics 1 and 2 (see above) resembling the strings/details of the sound; the lower instance plays the mic 3 (see above) resembling the soundboard/body of the sound and some pedal noises.
Boy, this is a joy to play.
Cheers and happy playing,
HZ